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FERPA Release and Restrict Forms

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. You can submit a request that your records be released to others you designate or that your directory information be restricted.

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. City Colleges of Chicago requires all full and part-time officers, faculty, and staff to adhere to the federal guidelines regarding the privacy of student education records under FERPA. Specifically, the law requires higher education institutions to:

Maintain the privacy of and security of student records

Provide students access to their education records upon request

Allow students to correct inaccurate or misleading information in their records

Limit the release of records to third parties without the express, written consent of the student